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> The idea that primary schools might be teaching a simplified version just doesn't come up. This reminds me of an Atlantic article from a few years ago entitl
by jgwil2 3y ago
> The idea that primary schools might be teaching a simplified version just doesn't come up.
This reminds me of an Atlantic article from a few years ago entitled, "The Curse of Econ 101."[0] In that case, IIRC, the subject was how debates about economic policies like minimum wage laws suffered when people with some knowledge of microeconomic principles tried to extrapolate that to much more complex questions.
[0]https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/economism-and-the-minimum-wage/513155/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/economi...